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Coffee, chocolate, beef, and deforestation - what's the connection? This no-prep, best-selling resource on the impact of agricultural practices takes students on a journey to Central and South America to find out. Newly updated with included answer key. This web quest examines common food products, and lets students discover how they are grown and the resulting impact on ecosystems. Students connect the dots between consumer demand, deforestation, and the rapid decline of migrating bird popu

Everything you need for AP® Environmental Science (APES) Unit 5 Land and Water Use. Use active learning to teach all the topics from the CED. This bundle includes:Slideshow with all agriculture topicsSlideshow with all land use topics: tragedy of the commons, mining, forestryLand use planning activity: students explore the impacts of urbanization and plan a sustainable community while minimizing habitat loss and pollutionFood and agriculture scavenger hunt at-home projectWeb quest on rainforest

Water is the most important topic on Earth! Here is a complete, NGSS-aligned unit on water for secondary Earth and environmental science students. Nine complete, engaging lessons plus a written assessment test and fun review activities. 140 pages of active learning materials, including editable Google files and print-and-go PDF's; customize for your classroom. Includes complete teacher guide with notes, materials lists, and suggested sequence. Lesson topics:Water distribution and the wat

Two biodiversity projects focusing on the human causes of species extinction and endangerment. This resource includes:A Google slideshow and follow sheet with definitions of biodiversity, endangerment and mass extinction. The six main causes of extinction are described and illustrated. Two creative projects focusing on endangered species OR invasive species. Each project includes research links, suggestions for cloud-based tools for student products, and grading rubrics. Student choice of prod

Looking for help with AP® Environmental Science Unit 5: Land and Water Use? This resource contains a complete, editable Google Slideshow with all of the agriculture topics for the unit and two no-prep student projects. Two student activities included: Calculate the environmental impact of a favorite meal, then make it better in the Meal Makeover activity, suitable for independent or at-home work.Go deeper into a favorite food systems topic with a fun, tech-infused project. Students create

Science students should be able to plan and carry out experiments, but most students struggle with writing a clear procedure describing the steps of their experiment. In this fun activity student groups build a small object out of building bricks, then write a procedure to instruct another group on how to copy the object. Can a second group make an exact copy? That's the challenge! Students use peer review to revise their procedures, like real scientists! This resource includes:A slideshow

Soil is critical for life and for AP® Environmental Science! Use these classroom-tested activities to engage your students in soil science. This resource includes demonstrations, two complete slideshows, three labs, independent practice, a video case study, and an AP®-aligned quiz. Topics covered:Weathering, soil formation and horizonsCauses of erosion and prevention techniquesEcosystem services of soilCharacteristics of soilSoil textureTexture triangle practice Included in this resource:Dem

Everything you need to teach the carbon cycle for high school environmental science, earth science, or biology! Four different activities to engage your students. This resource includes: An editable PowerPoint on the four major biogeochemical cycles with emphasis on the carbon cycleA student follow sheet for the PowerPointAn "Escape Room" style Google form review with four different puzzlesA stations lab with five different experiments illustrating photosynthesis, cellular respiration, fossil f

What's a watershed? Use active learning to help your middle and high school students understand watersheds and why they matter. This resource includes:An editable PowerPoint with vocabulary and images; add your own watershed!Model a watershed to understand how water flows on land Map your watershed activity; follow the water flow from your location to the mouthCreate a sustainable river "print and go" activity: how do humans impact watersheds?Four engaging inquiry-based activities for earth and

Start your weather unit with seven fun mini-experiments on atmosphere and air pressure. Get your students moving and thinking as they experiment with how air moves and exerts pressure. Engage your students with multiple examples of air pressure and weight that help students understand how air flows in the atmosphere. This resource includes: Printable station cards with directions for how to do each mini-experiment A student handout, in both an editable and a PDF version Complete set-up instruc

Can you build a town and protect wildlife habitats? Can you avoid deforestation and urban runoff? Student groups become land planning teams and plan a community for 10,000 people with this resource on land use. Each team will use the provided map to plan housing, services, farms, and industry where there was once old growth forest and grasslands, then defend their choices in a "public hearing" in your classroom. Let your class vote for the best plan. Designed for AP Environmental Science (APES)

Trash, including plastic pollution, e-Waste, and hazardous waste are part of our solid waste management problem. Engage your students with this complete unit on solid waste management with nine activities and a unit quiz. All fully-editable Google documents. This resource includes:Personal trash analysis - how much waste do you generate every day?Google slideshow with follow sheetLandfill modeling activityVirtual experiment on plastic waste in the oceanHome hazardous waste scavenger hunt - 2 v

Introduce all the science practices from the APES CED with this resource. Twelve different activities introduce the fundamentals of the class in a fun and engaging way. Complete as a mini-unit, or spread out throughout the year. This resource includes:Data analysis - students analyze their own ecological footprint Math routines - diagnostic worksheet plus a slideshow and worksheet for dimensional analysis, with activities on systems and feedback loops Experimental design and CER - a simple, s

Engage your students with this tech-infused project! Students research the forms of renewable energy, then create their own energy company and design a company website using Google Sites. Students will describe and illustrate how the energy technology works, how much it costs, and the advantages of using renewable energy. Incorporate project-based learning into your classroom with no prep. This resource includes: Complete student instructions Grading rubricLinks for student research on sol

Save time and money with this NGSS-aligned ecosystems unit!This bundle includes:Ecosystem Basics- slideshow and worksheets on ecology vocabularyEnergy Transfer in Ecosystems - six differentiated activities on food webs and energy pyramids Biodiversity - slideshow, indoor and outdoor simulations with calculationsPopulation Size - slideshow and two different sample census activitiesPopulation Dynamics - slideshow, game, and predator-prey card game labEcosystems Self-Checking Review gameBonus file:

Do your students struggle with the concept of the pH scale? Try this fun and memorable learning sequence where students make their own pH scale. This resource includes: Complete lesson plan and teacher preparation notesPowerPoint with full background informationStudent lab handoutIndependent practice worksheetConcepts: Dissociation of waterAcids and basesDerivation of the pH scale. The lab set-up uses test tubes, test tube racks, beakers, and a pH indicator, sources included. Students use c

Let students experience limiting factors and generate population graphs with active strategies for high school science. This NGSS-aligned resource on ecosystem interactions and dynamics includes:Editable slideshow with student follow sheet and review sectionSurvivor-type game to experience how limiting factors affect a populationTable-top simulation lab that lets students generate and analyze a predator-prey graph and carrying capacity. Topics:Limiting factors, density-dependent and independe

Get students outdoors and analyzing your schoolyard environment with this survey activity using simple data-collecting tools. Introduce students to biodiversity, carbon footprints, and succession, concepts that you can build on in subsequent activities. Perfect for the start of the school year in environmental science or APES. This newly updated resource includes two versions of the activity, a full-group expedition OR a group activity where students become environmental specialists. Both

Let your students get dirty with this activity-packed resource. Learn about weathering by designing an experiment to "weather" an effervescent tablet. Teach soil texture with a Soil Crime lab. Make edible soil horizons. Learn about erosion and how to prevent it with an "Erosion in a Pan" contest. This resource includes: 2 PowerPoints with student follow sheets - weathering and soil basics4 complete labs with set-up directions and easy to find materialsPrintable student review sheet Editab

Tackle the topics of AP® Environmental Science Unit 5 including the tragedy of the commons, clearcutting and forest management, mining, and urbanization with this resource. Includes an editable Google slideshow, a quick but effective simulation of the tragedy of the commons, a mining simulation with cookies, and a short multiple choice practice quiz. Unit 5 Topics included5.1 Tragedy of the Commons 5.2 Clearcutting 5.9 Impacts of mining 5.10 Impacts of urbanization 5.12 Introduction to sustaina